Student Organization of Nutrition and Dietetics

Thank you to everyone who attended our "Speed Networking" event in February. We had a great turnout in both students and employers! In case you missed out and are still searching for a job/internship opportunity, our Department Head, Dr. Kumar Mallikarjunan, has offered to create a link on our SOND website that will take potential employers to a page containing student resumes. Please submit a pdf of your resume to the following email in order to have yours posted: SOND@umn.edu

Lastly, we have some great events coming up!

First, we
will be hosting a food drive through the Nutritious U Food Pantry
Pilot. We will be collecting food from March 6th - 10th, and the
collection box will be in the front of FSCN 15. Foods we need include:
Canned fruits & veggies, whole grain pasta, brown rice, canned tuna,
canned chicken, canned &/or dried beans, peanut butter, jelly,
spices, cooking oil, and other healthy grocery items. Please consider
donating what you can!

Second, we have a SOND
fundraiser coming up! On Friday, March 10th, we will be hosting a
fundraiser at Blaze Pizza in Stadium Village (1000 Washington Ave SE,
Minneapolis, MN). Take a group of friends, tell Blaze you're there for
SOND, show them the flyer (see Facebook Page:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/umnsond/), and enjoy some pizza! 20% of
your purchase will go to our student group.

Finally,
please mark your calendars for our March meeting! We will be hosting
guest speakers from the Minnesota Academy of Nutrition & Dietetics
(MAND) on Thursday, March 23rd in the FSCN Building. Room is TBD. We
hope to see you there!

Thanks to all who attended our November SOND meeting! Here's a quick recap for those who might have missed it:

Professor Carrie Earthman, director of the didactic program in dietetics (DPD) here at the U of M, gave some great information for those interested in becoming a dietitian. Her presentation outlined the academic steps to becoming a dietitian, the difference between everyday internships and accredited dietetic internships, and ways to become a competitive applicant for these dietetic internships.

Carrie prepared a great presentation, with paper copies available for those in attendance. She is placing the extra copies outside of her office door, so feel free to go pick one up and introduce yourself to our program director!

If anyone has questions or would like more specific information, please email:
sond@umn.edu or dpd@umn.edu

We have scheduled a volunteer event with Open Arms for Saturday, December 3rd, from 9:30am-12:00pm. Open Arms of MN is a nonprofit that cooks and delivers free, nutritious meals to people living with life-threatening illnesses in the Twin Cities. Our volunteer event will be meal delivery! We have 4 routes for our group, and each route will need one car, & two people. Please email Emily Ososki if interested! ososk002@umn.edu

Our
guest speaker, Katie Gilder, is currently an eating disorders RD at the
Emily Program. After attending college at Minnesota State University,
Mankato, Katie completed her dietetic internship in Georgia, and then
moved back to Minnesota to gain work experience. After working with a
nonprofit for a while, Katie decided to attend the University of
Minnesota, and completed the Master of Public Health, Nutrition program.
Also while getting her Masters, Katie began working at the Emily
Program. Now, Katie works as an RD at the St. Paul Anna Westin House for
Adolescents and Young Adults, and is also the preceptor for dietetic
interns who go through her location. If you have any questions for
Katie, her contact info is below.

Katie.Gilder@emilyprogram.com

If
you are interested in volunteer opportunities with the Emily Program,
Katie mentioned there are opportunities through the Emily Program
Foundation. Visit the site to learn more!
http://emilyprogramfoundation.org/

Our first
speaker was Renee Korczak, who discussed her Mentor Group, and
opportunities involving the Minnesota Academy of Nutrition &
Dietetics (MAND). In regards to her Mentor Group, Renee invites food
science and nutrition students to join her for meetings, at which she
usually has a guest speaker, sort of like SOND. She encourages anyone
who's interested in networking, learning from others, and meeting other
food science and nutrition students to join. The first meeting is on
Thursday, October 6th at 5pm. As for the MAND opportunities, Renee is
seeking students to spotlight each month in the MAND newsletter, and
would love people to reach out to her if interested! She would love to
showcase our awesome U of M students. Please email her if interested in
either opportunity! korcz005@umn.edu

Our
second speaker(s) of the night was Lydia McAnerney, who shared
information about her program, "Healthy Cooking for Seniors." As the
name suggests, this is a program in which nutrition students can
volunteer to aid seniors in cooking healthy recipes, as well as educate
them on the benefits of nutrition. The program is currently seeking
volunteers, as they are working to expand in the near future! Please
email Lydia if you are interested in learning more about this wonderful
opportunity: seslydia@gmail.com

Thanks again to those who attended, & watch out for an email with the details for our next meeting!

Mon. April 25th: LAST day for our Second Harvest Heartland Food and Fund Drive.Thank you to everyone who has supported this event. Don't worry about the amount of your contribution...with just $5, someone hungry near us get 50lbs of green beans!

SONDies, please consider a last minute donation or share this link on your Facebook page:

Are you interested in becoming a leader and an officer with SOND? This is a great opportunity for leadership, networking, fun, and outreach!

Once we have applications submitted, we will host a SurveyMonkey poll for all of our members to anonymously vote on who they chose for their leaders for next school year. We will leave applications open for about 1 month!

We ask that you submit a short paragraph (to Angela at moria102@umn.edu) to allow our members to read and get to know you! Please include:

- A clear photo of yourself (portrait please)- Year in school and when you joined SOND- Your goals and ideas for SOND next year- A fun fact about you!